Difference between Maxcdn and Cloudflare?
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Alexandar
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Hi steitieh!
Good question! These two are both CDN providers though they work in a pretty different way with their general setup. Cloudflare would host your DNS and would deliver your whole site - but in a case of an issue with their DNS - your site would render unavailable at that point.
As far as MaxCDN goes - the primary setup is used to deliver your static assets (.css, .js, and images) but they offer full site deliver as well ( through Stackpath which they recently partnered up with).
Now, all of this info might not be of a lot of use for you so it would be great if you could provide us with more info on what your general use case is and what your goals are. Which CMS are you using? What kind of a hosting solution?
Good question! These two are both CDN providers though they work in a pretty different way with their general setup. Cloudflare would host your DNS and would deliver your whole site - but in a case of an issue with their DNS - your site would render unavailable at that point.
As far as MaxCDN goes - the primary setup is used to deliver your static assets (.css, .js, and images) but they offer full site deliver as well ( through Stackpath which they recently partnered up with).
Now, all of this info might not be of a lot of use for you so it would be great if you could provide us with more info on what your general use case is and what your goals are. Which CMS are you using? What kind of a hosting solution?
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The biggest difference is MaxCDN is a real CDN and Cloudflare is not (at least the free plan). The Cloudflare "CDN" is basically a distributed reverse proxy. You must also host your DNS with them. As a reverse proxy it can mitigate web attacks and reduce bw utilization at your host. However Cloudflare does not offer/use the traditional CDN features of Origin, Edge, and Caching like MaxCDN and other CDN services (e.g., Akamei, Edgecast, Cloudfront) do.
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Cloudflare CDN is pretty much a CDN by definition as they do have origin, edge caching etc https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn/ it's just they do more than just being a CDN.
but unlike most CDNs, Cloudflare requires DNS management of domain moved entirely to them.
read this thread https://forumweb.hosting/14657-what-is-your-favourite-cdn.html?p=88627#post88627
but unlike most CDNs, Cloudflare requires DNS management of domain moved entirely to them.
read this thread https://forumweb.hosting/14657-what-is-your-favourite-cdn.html?p=88627#post88627
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